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Dernière mise à jour : 18 Sep 2026, 10:23 AM (heure saoudienne)
The first group of 250 pilgrims from 16 countries has performed Umrah under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Guests Program, part of 1,000 guests hosted this year at King Salman's expense.
Makkah's Deputy Emir chaired a Permanent Hajj and Umrah Committee meeting on July 29 to review the current Umrah season and begin planning Hajj 1448, drawing on workshops involving 60 government and service entities.
Saudi Arabia's Cabinet has approved a unified national visa platform under the Foreign Ministry to issue and manage all visas, part of a wider digital transformation drive.
Saudi Arabia has completed a full cloud migration of its Hajj and Umrah Data Center, which serves more than 20 million pilgrims a year and powers the Nusuk platform, the Electronic Hajj and Umrah Portal and over 500 digital services.
Saudi Arabia has ordered 20 new Talgo high-speed trains for the Haramain railway, expanding the fleet to 55 units and boosting pilgrim transport capacity between Makkah and Madinah, with delivery from 2028 to 2031.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs has launched a digital 'new Muslim' card, integrated with the Tawakkalna app and verified by QR code, to automate the process of declaring Islam and support the Kingdom's wider pilgrim-services ecosystem.